The Department of Health and Human Services has asked some laid-off staff if they could return to work temporarily, as the department grapples with a backlog of grants that has swelled to more than a ...

HHS OIG’s recent guidance builds on more than a decade of government advice to health care boards and may facilitate management and board discussions about the adequacy of existing compliance ...

HHS has issued a final rule implementing ACA section 1557, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability by any health program or activity that ...

The HHS to Industry: Let’s Connect on Medical Supply Chain Issues The pandemic showed “the need for critical public health industrial investments at a scale never seen before in the United ...

In the tenth HIPAA enforcement action in recent weeks, federal regulators have announced a $100,000 settlement in yet another case involving failure to provide a patient with timely access to their ...

On December 21, 2016, the HHS OIG posted a report summarizing its early review of CMS’s management of the implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and related findings (“Report ...

HHS has strengthened its protections on disability rights during public health emergencies by issuing new guidance for healthcare providers on the civil rights protections.

HHS has issued final regulations on medical loss ratios, spelling out what expenses health insurers can include under healthcare activities versus administrative work, according to a release by HHS.

In its latest report, HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has yet again identified EHRs and health IT as one of the 10 biggest management and performance challenges facing HHS in the ensuing ...

HHS has issued its 15th HIPAA settlement involving a patient's right to access their medical records. Will enforcement of HIPAA's records access provision be a ...

The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday finalized a rule ending protections that allow pharmacy benefit managers to pass along Medicare Part D prescription rebates to insurers.

The HHS bulletin clarifies that notice of pixel use for the organization's customer relationship management practices does not permit PHI disclosure. It also provides guidance on when HIPAA-compliant ...